Lawmakers in Virginia are considering a bill that would require all school buses in the state to be equipped with seat belts. If the law passes, all new school buses purchased by school districts would have to have seat belts installed. The bill gives a deadline of July 1, 2027 that all school buses in…
When most people purchase auto insurance, they usually do so with the mindset that the insurance coverage will protect them in the event they are in a car accident and the accident is their fault. Often we don’t consider that our auto insurance policy should cover us if an accident we are in was caused…
Two BNSF employees died after being struck by one of their company’s freight trains as they worked on tracks just north of Edgemont, South Dakota (SD). The fatal on-the-job accident happened near an overpass for U.S. 18 on the morning of January 17, 2017. No details on why the deadly train collision in…
A study by the Virginia Technical Institute found that truck drivers who struggle with sleep apnea and do not follow any treatment programs significantly increase their risk of being in a serious tractor trailer accident. When a person has sleep apnea, their breathing either pauses or goes very shallow while they sleep. This causes the…
The amount of legal fentanyl prescribed in Virginia rose only 10 percent from 2007 to 2014. But the annual death toll in Virginia — thanks in large part to the illegally produced version of the drug — nearly tripled in that time frame, from 48 to 134. And last year, fentanyl was linked to an…